Safety-razor.



H. J. GAISMAN.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. es. 1909.

1,121,91. Patented 1380.22, 1914.

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H. J. GAISMAN.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FIL-BD APR. 6. 1909,

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

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if new@ o HENRY GAISMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 AUTO STRG? CGMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Iatellt.

Patent-ea nee. 22; i914.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be itknown that I, HENRY J. GArsMAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in safety razors, and the object of the invention is to provide improved means for manipulating the parts that hold the blade in position.

In carrying out my invention I provide clamping hooks or lugs to hold the blade between opposite edges, a handle, and a movable member movablyconnected with the hooks or lugs adapted to be operated by the thumb or finger to aetuate the hooks or lugs to grip or release the blade.

Mv invention also comprises the novel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter .set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof. wherein,

Figure 1 is -aplan view of a safety razor embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof, Fig. 3 is a partially sectional side view illustrating a modilication, the section being taken substantially on the plane of the line 3, 3, in Fig. 4, and Fig. 4 is a.

cross section on the plane of the line 4, 4, in Fig. 3.

Similar numerals of reference indicate ,corresponding parts in the several views.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates a suitable handle, that supports the member 2c having at its end a guard 2 for the edge of blade 8, which may have one or more cutting edges. In the form shown blade 3 is mounted in a-suitable holder 4 pivotally supported, as by shaft 5, in a frame or head portion 6 secured to handle 1. The guard 2, shown carrying the hooks or lugs 2 that engage and hold the blade in shaving position upon the guard, is .adapted to move relatively to handle 1, transversely of the axis thereof, whereby relatively movable clamping'jaws are provided. The hook supporting portion 2b is shown provided with the member or projection 2c extending across the handle and guided to slide in a suitable guideway la'between handle 1 and head 6.

`At 7 is a movable member or lever for operating the blade holding lugs.y 2, which lever is shown pivotally supported upon handle 1 by a pivot 8 passing through one or more ears or lugs 9 extending from the4 head part 6 in Figs. 1 and 2, while in Figs. 3 and 4 the ears or lugs 9 extend from the handle.

By pushing the thumb piece v2e or projection 2c the blade engaging hooks or lugs 2@L may be pushed away from the edge of the blade so that the latter is'l'ree to be swung up or removed lfrom its holder 4, and when blade 3 is placed in its holder and swung down in operating position with respect to the hooks or lugs 2a then the outer end of lever 7. may be pushed toward handle 1 which will draw the hooks or lugs 2 toward the blade edge to hold the blade in proper shaving position with respect to the guard.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the lever 7 is arranged vertically with respect to the axis of' the handle or parallel therewith, the upper end of lever 7 ypassing through opening 29 in extension 2. By pushing on extension 2c the hooks or lugs 2a will release the blade, and by pushing on the lower end of the lever said hooks or lugs will be drawn back to hold the blade in shaving position respecting the guard.

The lower end of lever 7 may be pulled out or-its upper end pushed toward the handle to causelugs or hooks 2 to release the bla de.

Changes may be 'made in the details` of construction and arrangements set forth ,within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described my invention what I'elaim isz y i 1. In a safety razor,`the combination of a frame, a handle connected therewith. a blade, blade holding lugs, means to movably' support'said lugs, l ported by the frame and extending transand a lever pivotally suplll) versely of the handle and having one end pivotally connected with said means that support the lugs and the other end located in position to be manipulated.

2. In a safety razor, the combination of a blade, a guard therefor,'a frame, means for movably connecting the guard to the frame, a blade holder having relatively movable clamping jaws, means on the guard for receiving a; cutting edge of a blade and holding said blade in xed position, a handle on the frame, a lever for moving the guard, and means on the trame pivotally supporting the lever.

In a safety razor, the combination of a blade, a guard therefor, blade holding` lugs-on said guard a frame in which the guard is slidable, a blade holder having relatively movable clamping jaws between which the blade is insertible, a handle extending from the frame, a lever, an exten,- sion on the guard having a slot for receiving the lever, means for pivotally mounting the lever on the frame longitudinally of said frame and transversely of the handle.

4. In a safety razor, the combination of a blade, a guard therefor, a frame, a blade holder having relatively movable clamping Jaws, a handle extending from the frame, a

member associated with the guard and provided With a slot, a lever having one end operable in the slot, and means for pivotally mounting the lever.

5. In a safety razor, the combination of a frame, a blade holder carried by the frame, a blade therein, a guard for the blade, a handle projecting from the plane of the lower face of the frame, a lever, means on the frame for pivotally mounting the lever, and means on the guard engaged by the le- \er whereby the lever communicates motion to the guard.

6. In a safety razor, the combination ol a handle, a frame thereon, a blade holder pivotally carried by the frame, a blade, ay movable guard for the blade edge, means forming a part of the frame constituting a guide for the guard, a' lever, means lfor connecting the lever to the guard for moving the guard, an ear on the frame, and a, pivotal pin .in the'ear on which the lever is oscillatable.

7. ln a. safety razor, the combination of a handle. a frame. a blade holder pivotally connected thereto, a` movable guard, guides for the guard comprising a portion of the trame, a guard extension having a slot therein, a lever havingone end operable in the slot. and means for pivotally supportiing the lever.

8. ln a safety razor, the combination ot' a handle, a frame thereon, a movable guard for a blade` means Comprising a portion oit the frame for guiding the guard, a lever, means for mounting the lever parallel to the frame, and an extension lon the guard engaged by the said lever whereby ythe movement of the lever is communicated to the. guard.

Signed at New York city, in the county oi" New York, and State of New York, this 5th day of April, A.. D. 1909.

HENRY J. GAISMAN. lllitnesses MAX DAVIS, T. F. BOURNE. 

